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sleigh

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sleigh  (sl)
n.
A light vehicle mounted on runners and having one or more seats, usually drawn by a horse over snow or ice.
intr.v. sleighed, sleigh·ing, sleighs
To ride in or drive a sleigh.

[Dutch slee, variant of slede, from Middle Dutch slde.]

sleigher n.
Our Living Language Sleigh is a familiar word in American English, having entered the language from Dutch by 1700. The Dutch were among the earliest colonists in North America, and it is thus no surprise that some very common words come from their language. Boss, bush, and landscape are all originally Dutch words that became established in English by the end of the 17th century. In the succeeding centuries we got such words as dope, knickerbocker, snoop, spook, waffle, and cookie. Even a term practically synonymous with American, namely Yankee, was in all probability originally a Dutch word for a Dutch pirate. See Note at Yankee.

sleigh [sleɪ]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) another name for sledge1 [1]
vb
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (intr) to travel by sleigh
[from Dutch slee, variant of slede sledge1]
sleigher  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sleighsleigh - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
bobsled, bobsleigh, bob - a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
bobsled, bobsleigh - formerly two short sleds coupled together
dog sled, dog sleigh, dogsled - a sled pulled by dogs
luge - a racing sled for one or two people
pung - a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners
runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
toboggan - a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front
vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects
Verb1.sleigh - ride (on) a sled
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
dogsled, mush - travel with a dogsled
bobsled, bob - ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure"
luge, toboggan - move along on a luge or toboggan
ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
Translations
sleigh [sleɪ]
A. Ntrineo m
B. VI & VT = sledge 2
C. CPD sleigh bell Ncascabel m
sleigh ride N to go for a sleigh rideir a pasear en trineo

sleigh [ˈsleɪ] ntraîneau m

sleigh
n(Pferde)schlitten m; sleigh bellSchlittenglocke f; sleigh rideSchlittenfahrt f

sleigh [sleɪ] nslitta
sleigh [sleɪ] nslitta

sleigh
n sleigh [slei]
a usually large sledge pulled by a horse etc. slee مِزْلَجَه، زلاجَه шейна dopravní sáně kane der Schlitten έλκηθρο trineo saan سورتمه اسبي reki traîneau מִזחֶלֶת हिमगाड़ी saonice s konjskom zapregom szán(kó) kereta salju sleði slitta そり (말 등이 끄는) 큰 썰매 rogės kamanas kereta luncur salji yang ditarik kuda arreslee slede, kane sanie trenó sanie (cu cai) сани (veľké) sane sani saonice släde รถลากเลื่อนบนหิมะ atlı kızak (馬拉)雪橇 сани برف پر سواری کرنے کی تختہ گاڑی جسے گھوڑے کھینچتے ہیں xe trượt tuyết


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The puppy did not like it at all, but being fished for in this way was pure happiness beside being put to the sleigh for the first time.
It was near the setting of the sun, on a clear, cold day in December, when a sleigh was moving slowly up one of the mountains in the district we have described.
The sleigh-bells jingled to and fro continually: sometimes announcing the arrival of a sleigh from Vermont, laden with the frozen bodies of porkers, or sheep, and perhaps a deer or two; sometimes of a regular market-man, with chickens, geese, and turkeys, comprising the whole colony of a barn yard; and sometimes of a farmer and his dame, who had come to town partly for the ride, partly to go a-shopping, and partly for the sale of some eggs and butter.
 
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